GGOS Ground Networks and Communications Working Group Meeting
(Joint Meeting with IERS Working Group 2)

April 18, 2007
18:00-21:30

Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics
Seminar Room (SEM124), 3rd floor
Gusshausstr. 27-29
1040 Wien, Austria

Agenda

Simulation activities to scope the future network (15 min. each)
  Bias and center-of-mass offset issues, and their impact on the TRF scale J. Ries
  VLBI simulations D. MacMillan
  SLR simulations and combination simulations E. Pavlis
  Australian network simulations E. Pavlis
 
GNSS retroreflectors: Progress M. Pearlman
 
Services briefs (IVS, ILRS, IDS, IGS, IGFS, IERS) (5 min. each )
  ILRS M. Pearlman
  IDS F. Lemoine
 
Monitoring co-location vectors (joint activity with IERS WG-2/Gary Johnston)
  IERS WG-2 summary and recent network control activity in Australia G. Johnston
  Leica visit and demonstration at GFSC C. Ma
  A GPS concept for local survey control Y. Bar Sever
  Ground system network survey control P. Sperber
  Engineering geodesy/ IAG Sub-Commission 4.2 A. Eichhorn, A. Reiterer
  A low cost micrometer M. Pearlman
  Recent experiences and issues with the survey of large radio telescopes for determination of local ties P. Sarti